Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03

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cause Of lack of coal, owing to the strike
FIRE in New York City recently destroyed
q six-story building on Mulberry street,
causing loss of $4,000
TIE strike of the silk ribbon weavers OF
New York ended in the success of the en-
ployes.
THE carpet weayers in Higgins great fac
tory. New York City, returned to work on
the 9th. having gained a complete victory
THE wife of Doc Levi Wilson peutloned
the court at Providence, r. l., recently Tor
the custody of her two children In her
sworn statement she alleged not only cruel
| ty, abuse and non-support on the part of
Wilson, but that he had made threats TO
kill her and the children by shooting them
with pistol.
THE body found in trunk recently in
Baltimore is thought to have been that OF
August Baltz The police arrested Edward
Younger in New York, charging him with
the murder.
THE schooner Carthage sailed from Glou-
cester. Mass, December /, and since that
time nothing has been heard from her Her
owner has given her up as lost She was
commanded by Captain Andrew Nelson and
had a crew of ten men.
FRIENDS of Archbishop Corrigan say he
has received many threats of violence since
the McGlynn trouble arose. The other day
a package was delivered at the Arch
bishops door, The servants suspected
dynamite and handled it carefully. 1t was
found to contain bonbons, which 1T was
thought were poisoned.
FROM twenty to forty thousand long
shoremen, coal handlers, etc, went on
strike in New York on the 27th. Trans
atlantic steamships were delayed in conse-
quence.
THE jury in the case of Louis Bieral, the
Excursions Inspector on trial for shooting
Superintendent Beattie, at New York,
failed to agree after being out two hours.
1t was understood that they stood ten for
acquittal and two for conviction.
THE WEST.
ALL the Cinnamon have been driven out
of Livingston, Mont, because of the death
of white man in an opium joint.
LOCOMOTIVE of a passenger train
jumped the track near Bucyrus, o., recent
ly, killing the fireman. A coach was over
turned but no one was hurt.
Ex-PREsIDENT HAYES has been appointed
trustee OF the Ohio State University.
R. F. SIMPSON, living near Hillsboro,
Ill, died recently from the effects of
slight bite on the thumb given him by his
three-year-old son while in play.
A DYNAMITE cartridge was exploded on
the railroad track between the car and the
dummy of a train on the Geary street rail
| road, San Francisco, the other night, break
| ing piece of iron out Of the car wheel SIX
inches in length. A number of passengers
| were on the dummy and inside the car at
| the time, but no one was injured.
ABOUT 200 cases of giant powder eX-
| ploded on the Missouri Pacific, near Fort
Scott, Kan, at one o'clock on the morning
| of the 25th. A brakeman was killed and
! immense damage was done by the
| breaking of windows. The explosion was
] felt at Rich Hill and Nevada. Mo.
A NEW MEXICO paper publishes story to
| the effect that Jesse James is living in the
woods of Arizona.
SMALLPOX is reported raging among the
| Indians on the Colville reservation.
JAMES ARMSTRONG and Frank Holmes, of
| Pentwater, Mich, have been hunting and
| trapping in Delta County for several years.
| Recently, while setting traps, Holmes cut
his leg badly, and his companion went for
| help. Within an hour he returned, to find
| only a few bloody bones, some scraps of
clothing, and bloody axe and revolver.
Round about were the carcasses of five
| wolves, which Holmes had killed in his
| fight for life.
IT was reported in Chicago that complica-
| tions had arisen which made it certain that
| the Central Traffic Association would be
dissolved. The local pool from Peoria had
! already received it's death blow. The In
| dianapolis pool was in almost as bad con-
| dition.
| A PASSENGER train on the Burlington road
| ran over a sleigh load of people mile south
| of Nelson, Wis. Alexander Dream, engi-
| neer on a steamboat, was killed and William
| Mailer, j. F. Schenberger and James Kane
| were injured, but not fatally.
| JOHN w. MACKAY, of the Postal Telegraph
Company, has purchased the Bay and Coast
| Telegraph line belonging to the South Pa
| citic Coast Railroad Company, which runs
| from San Francisco to Santa Cruz The
| price was not mentioned.
| A STEUBENvILLE CO., special of the Goth
said: ga boiler in the Harvey paper mill
at Wellsburg, W. Va, exploded to-day,
killing John aad Thomas Nelson and Sc
| verely injuring John Parish. The damage
| to the building was s., 0OO''
The barb wire pool at recent meeting
| in Chicago resolved to advance prices from
| five to ten per cent.
| HENRY SCHWARTZ, a former brakeman of
| the Rock Island road has been arrested in
| Chicago for the Rock Island train robbery.
| He is also indicted by the grand Jury of
| Grundy County for the murder of the eX-
! press messenger, Nichols. He had pre-
viously been arrested on a charge of big
| amy
| A BILL prohibiting the importation of
| Pinkerton detectives into the State recently
| passed the Michigan House unanimously
SPEAR S: HoLLINGswoRTH, the defaulting
| treasurer of Knox County, Ind, gave him
self up at Vincennes the other day. saving
he was tired of the hell he had been living
| in since his abSconding.
ORTIZ ID. STEIN, the notorious murderer
and embezzler, formerly of Kansas City,
Mo-, recently killed Howard Stone. a tele-
graph operator at Price Station, Utah
AN earthquake was reported at fremont
| and North Bend, Neb.. on the 27th
| The announcement was made at Cincin-
natl recently that contract had been
signed for the purpose of putting on the
road theatrical company under the aus
pices and with the approval of the Catholic
Church, with the object of collecting a fund
for the relief of the creditors of the late
| Archbishop Purcell.